Dell for production

[zosomagik]

I'm trying to upgrade to a desktop from my laptop and I see a lot of pretty good deals on dell desktops with the specs im looking for (intel i7 processor, 8+ gb ram, 2.8+ ghz proc. speed, and whatever size hdd because i have multiple externals) but i have seen people say avoid dells for production before(and in general), anyone have any advice or experience on them?

thanks in advance

[djrq]

I"m on Dell 3. 1 desktop and on my second laptop now.
Only 1 crapped out (the first laptop) after a few years of abuse, it still runs but not at 100%.

No problems with producing with it. Ran the last PC version of Logic on the desktop and 3 versions of Cubase on the 2 lappies.
I would suggest 'decrapping' all the Dell stuff off it if you do get one. they have a native bit of software for everything, and you end up with 3 ways to control volume and the soundcard, and loads of non essential stuff.

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My experience with Dell is that the consumer stuff tends to be crappy, but the business grade stuff is fantastic. My old man uses Asus and Dell business grade for his web company, though mostly Asus these days.

Just build your own, it's dead simple.

Those specs will fine though, whatever you do.

[zosomagik]

thanks for the advice and opinions guys, i was looking into building my own and i think that's what im gonna do. it seems like everything just fits together like legos by the videos i watched (obviously a little more complicated, but pretty simple) but anyway, thanks again guys.

[dial_back]

http://pcpartpicker.com/

Check that site out for prices/deals on parts. If you have a Microcenter nearby you can grab awesome sales on CPUs sometimes.


Some of the lower end Dell stuff can be pretty junky, and support is rough to deal with, but overall they're not that bad. Building your own is the way to go with desktops though.

[zosomagik]

http://pcpartpicker.com/

Check that site out for prices/deals on parts. If you have a Microcenter nearby you can grab awesome sales on CPUs sometimes.


Some of the lower end Dell stuff can be pretty junky, and support is rough to deal with, but overall they're not that bad. Building your own is the way to go with desktops though.

thanks dude, no microcenter but i'm not really in a hurry so i'll shop around for awhile.

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http://pcpartpicker.com/

Check that site out for prices/deals on parts. If you have a Microcenter nearby you can grab awesome sales on CPUs sometimes.


Some of the lower end Dell stuff can be pretty junky, and support is rough to deal with, but overall they're not that bad. Building your own is the way to go with desktops though.

Dell customer support is fucking terrible. The tech's have a question database they use to sort your issues, they don't actually know anything. Some years ago my hard drive died, I know it died, KNEW that was the issue and after three failed attempts of going through the routine with three different techs, I had to call back and lie to them to get them to send me a new hard drive.

Just thought I'd share that tidbit since I'm terribly bored at work, literally nothing to do and no customers : (

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Dell customer support is fucking terrible. The tech's have a question database they use to sort your issues, they don't actually know anything. Some years ago my hard drive died, I know it died, KNEW that was the issue and after three failed attempts of going through the routine with three different techs, I had to call back and lie to them to get them to send me a new hard drive.

Just thought I'd share that tidbit since I'm terribly bored at work, literally nothing to do and no customers : (

lol sounds like Dell. Forever making you rerun their diagnostics. I got into a heated call once where a printer dropped off the network completely and lost all config. Support was telling me I need to assign an IP address to a printer through the web client....HOW THE FUCK DO I GET TO THE WEB CLIENT IF IT ISN'T CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK? ugh....

Or even better is the random totally junky parts. I've had to send dell techs out to replace a mobo on a machine THREE times in a week because each replacement mobo they brought was toast. But on the flip side, every company I've worked for has given me a nice Dell laptop and I've had no problems.

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Dell customer support is fucking terrible. The tech's have a question database they use to sort your issues, they don't actually know anything. Some years ago my hard drive died, I know it died, KNEW that was the issue and after three failed attempts of going through the routine with three different techs, I had to call back and lie to them to get them to send me a new hard drive.

Just thought I'd share that tidbit since I'm terribly bored at work, literally nothing to do and no customers : (

lol sounds like Dell. Forever making you rerun their diagnostics. I got into a heated call once where a printer dropped off the network completely and lost all config. Support was telling me I need to assign an IP address to a printer through the web client....HOW THE FUCK DO I GET TO THE WEB CLIENT IF IT ISN'T CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK? ugh....

Or even better is the random totally junky parts. I've had to send dell techs out to replace a mobo on a machine THREE times in a week because each replacement mobo they brought was toast. But on the flip side, every company I've worked for has given me a nice Dell laptop and I've had no problems.

Haha. Yep. Totally Dell! I will say they are very willing to stick with you to fix the problem...the only issue is THEY are the problem most of the time ;p